Cameroon
Infant mortality in Cameroon
Infant mortality in Cameroon: 166.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 47.4 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −119.3 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 21 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 9.9 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 2.6 per 1,000 live births and 45.8 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47.4 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 48.8 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 50.3 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 51.8 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 53.3 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 55 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 56.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 58.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 60.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 62.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 64.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 67.2 | 35 |
| 2011 | 69.6 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 71.8 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 73.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 75.8 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 77.7 | 42 |
| 2006 | 79.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 81.3 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 82.9 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 84.6 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 86.2 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 87.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 88.8 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 89.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 90.5 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 90.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 90.6 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 90.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 89.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 88.5 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 87.7 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 87.1 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 86.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 86.6 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 87.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 88.3 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 90.3 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 92.1 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 94.5 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 97.1 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 99.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 102 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 104.1 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 105.8 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 107.3 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 108.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 109.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 110.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 111.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 113 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 114.8 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 117 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 119.4 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 122.2 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 125 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 127.7 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 130.3 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 132.7 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 134.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 136.6 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 138.5 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 140.4 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 142.5 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 144.9 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 147.4 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 150.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 152.9 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 155.7 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 158.3 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 160.6 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 162.7 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 164.7 | 136 |
| 1950 | 166.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46.139.5–53.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 44.834.5–55.2 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 43.731.2–56 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 42.528–56.6 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 41.325.2–56.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 40.223.4–57.8 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 39.221.3–58.3 | 24 |
| 2031 | 38.219.4–57.6 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 37.218.6–57.4 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 36.317.2–57.9 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 35.415.6–57.7 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 34.614.9–58.7 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 33.814–58.5 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 3313–58.8 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 32.212.5–57.9 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 31.312–58.2 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 30.511.1–58.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 29.710.4–57.8 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 28.99.9–58.3 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 28.19.5–57.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 27.48.9–58.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 26.68.2–58.7 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 267.8–58.4 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 25.37.5–58.4 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 24.67.4–57 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 246.8–58.4 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 23.46.6–59 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 22.86.4–57.9 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 22.26.2–57.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 21.76.1–57.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 21.25.8–57.3 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 20.75.6–56.5 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 20.25.3–56.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 19.85.2–57.1 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 19.35.1–56.5 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 18.95.1–56.6 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 18.55–56 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 185–55 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 17.74.8–54.2 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 17.34.7–54.1 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 16.94.6–54.4 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 16.54.4–53.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 16.14.2–51.8 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 15.84.1–51.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 15.44–51 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 15.13.9–51.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 14.83.8–52 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 14.63.7–50.4 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 14.43.6–49.5 | 13 |
| 2073 | 14.23.7–50.7 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 143.5–50.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 13.83.5–50.7 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 13.63.4–50.5 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 13.33.3–50.2 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 13.13.4–50.1 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 133.3–50.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 12.83.3–50.4 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 12.63.3–48.5 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 12.43.2–48.9 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 12.23.2–48.4 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 12.13.2–47.4 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 11.93.1–47.3 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 11.73.1–46.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 11.63.1–46.7 | 11 |
| 2088 | 11.43.1–45.4 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 11.33–45.2 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 11.13–45.9 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 112.9–44.8 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 10.92.9–45.4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 10.82.8–44.9 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 10.62.9–45.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 10.52.8–44.8 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 10.42.8–45.6 | 10 |
| 2097 | 10.32.8–44.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 10.12.8–45.6 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 102.7–46.2 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 9.92.6–45.8 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.06% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$580M in 2025
- Military spending per person$21 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel34,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2023